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Upcoming Programs
Roosevelt Reading Festival 2023 Streaming Premiere
"The Courage to Meddle: The Belief of Frances Perkins"
with Tom Levitt
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
2pm ET
On the official FDR Library pages
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Author Tom Levitt discusses the biography The Courage to Meddle. Frances Perkins, the most influential woman in global politics in the first half of the 20th century – and yet virtually unknown, especially outside her native USA.
Women's History Month Film Screening
Eleanor, First Lady Of The World
with Jean Stapleton
Monday, March 18, 2024
2pm ET
Henry A. Wallace Center
Jean Stapleton stars as Eleanor Roosevelt in this feature that explores the years after FDR's death, when Mrs. Roosevelt became an influential public figure in her own right.
Free public event. Registration for the film screening is required. CLICK HERE to register.
Women's History Month Conversation
Ida: A Sword Among Lions
with Paula J. Giddings
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
6pm ET
Henry A. Wallace Center
Author Paula J. Giddings examines Ida B. Wells, a crusading journalist and pioneer in the fights for women’s suffrage and against segregation and lynchings. A conversation with FDR Library Director William Harris.
Free public event. Registration for the film screening is required. CLICK HERE to register.
The Putney Society
Blue Plaque commemorating Eleanor Roosevelt
Saturday, March 16, 2024
10:30am GMT
Southfields Library
London, UK
A short ceremony commemorating Eleanor Roosevelt’s formative years at Allenswood will be held outside the Southfields Library in London on March 16, 2024. MP Fleur Anderson will unveil a plaque dedicated to Mrs. Roosevelt. It will be followed by an informal talk by Robin Gerber, an author and expert on Eleanor’s early years. This is a free public event.
Program Archives
Women's Suffrage: Seneca Falls to the White House
Former FDR Library Director Paul Sparrow talks with Stephanie Freese, of Women's Rights National Historic Park, and Susan Philpott, of the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument, about the struggle for Women's Suffrage from the convention at Seneca Falls to the passage of the 19th Amendment.
(Originally broadcast March 3, 2021; 38:37 minutes)
Resources For Parents and Teachers
Our education specialist has assembled 21 smart, fun activities for youth at home, that occupy young hands and minds while requiring minimal adult supervision.
Features Stories of the Week
Women at Work (WW2) – #TheArtOfWar
World War II profoundly affected the lives of American women as the nation mobilized for national defense. Between 1941 and 1944, the number of working women rose from 14.6 million to 19.4 million. Married women accounted for over two-thirds of this increase.
Honoring the Achievements of FDR’s Secretary of Labor
To commemorate Women’s History Month, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library honors Frances Perkins, FDR’s Secretary of Labor and the first woman appointed to a presidential cabinet.